Who starts which

If you are in the districts with land, a craft, or a kitchen

Clusters 1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14 and 27, and Cluster 9's Sil programmes. The homestay, the workshop, the retreat, the 15 things from the nut, the estate's own tea, the lagoon's own crab. The mechanism you are using is one of two: the visitor is already coming, and you are giving them a reason to stay a second week; or you own the next step yourself.

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• 1Boutique eco-lodges with heritage viewsCluster 1: Stay longer, spend more (the $2.4 billion gap)
• 2Luxury treehouse stays in forest marginsCluster 1: Stay longer, spend more (the $2.4 billion gap)
• 3Glamping with proper service, at sites with noneCluster 1: Stay longer, spend more (the $2.4 billion gap)
• 4Heritage homestays in family housesCluster 1: Stay longer, spend more (the $2.4 billion gap)
• 5Floating cabanas on the ancient reservoirsCluster 1: Stay longer, spend more (the $2.4 billion gap)
• 6Forest holiday villages on the Center Parcs model: lodges among the trees, a covered pool, bikes and a lake, so a family stays a week, not a nightCluster 1: Stay longer, spend more (the $2.4 billion gap)
• 7Restored colonial estates as private villasCluster 1: Stay longer, spend more (the $2.4 billion gap)
• 8Budget lodging built to the same standard of welcome as the expensive tierCluster 1: Stay longer, spend more (the $2.4 billion gap)
• 9Villa management services for absentee ownersCluster 1: Stay longer, spend more (the $2.4 billion gap)
• 10Private pool and garden maintenance businesses serving the aboveCluster 1: Stay longer, spend more (the $2.4 billion gap)
• 11Tea-estate bungalow stays with the working factory as the attraction, not the view aloneCluster 1: Stay longer, spend more (the $2.4 billion gap)
• 12Railway-station conversions in the hills and on the coastCluster 1: Stay longer, spend more (the $2.4 billion gap)
• 13Farm stays where the guest works a morning in the paddy or the spice gardenCluster 1: Stay longer, spend more (the $2.4 billion gap)
• 14A 7-night circuit product sold as one booking: hills, ancient cities, coast, with transfersCluster 1: Stay longer, spend more (the $2.4 billion gap)
• 15Long-stay monthly rates for remote workers, with desks, power backup and fibre guaranteedCluster 1: Stay longer, spend more (the $2.4 billion gap)
• 16Family-suite lodges near the parks, built for three generations travelling togetherCluster 1: Stay longer, spend more (the $2.4 billion gap)
• 17Surf lodges at Arugam Bay and Weligama run to the standard of Bali, with lessons and board hireCluster 1: Stay longer, spend more (the $2.4 billion gap)
• 18Dark-sky stays in the dry zone, with a telescope and a guide who knows the southern skyCluster 1: Stay longer, spend more (the $2.4 billion gap)
• 19Wedding-week villas: the ceremony, the guests and the honeymoon in one placeCluster 1: Stay longer, spend more (the $2.4 billion gap)
• 20A guesthouse rating scheme run by the guesthouses themselves, with published inspectionsCluster 1: Stay longer, spend more (the $2.4 billion gap)
• 21Cooking classes, from a half-day of two curries and rice to a week-long residencyCluster 2: Sell the making, not the object
• 22Kite-making on the beach: build a Sri Lankan kite in the morning and fly it at sunsetCluster 2: Sell the making, not the object
• 23Your own perfume, blended from Sri Lankan cinnamon, vetiver, citronella and sandalwood oils, in a bottle with your name on itCluster 2: Sell the making, not the object
• 24Batik workshops where you take home what you madeCluster 2: Sell the making, not the object
• 25Pottery workshops, your own signature on the baseCluster 2: Sell the making, not the object
• 26Handloom weaving demonstrations and short coursesCluster 2: Sell the making, not the object
• 27Mask-carving workshopsCluster 2: Sell the making, not the object
• 28Gem-cutting demonstrations with certified purchaseCluster 2: Sell the making, not the object
• 29Jewellery-making classesCluster 2: Sell the making, not the object
• 30Tea-blending workshops, and your own blend packed to take awayCluster 2: Sell the making, not the object
• 31Cinnamon-peeling demonstrations on working smallholdingsCluster 2: Sell the making, not the object
• 32Coconut-processing demonstrationsCluster 2: Sell the making, not the object
• 33Spice blending, with a labelled jar of your own mixCluster 2: Sell the making, not the object
• 34Pluck, wither and hand-roll your own tea on an estate, and take home the tea you madeCluster 2: Sell the making, not the object
• 35Fresco and mural painting workshops with local artistsCluster 2: Sell the making, not the object
• 36Traditional hair-oil and herbal preparation classesCluster 2: Sell the making, not the object
• 37Wood-carving classesCluster 2: Sell the making, not the object
• 38Lacquerware workshopsCluster 2: Sell the making, not the object
• 39Watch an oruwa, the outrigger fishing canoe, being built by hand, then go out in one at dawnCluster 2: Sell the making, not the object
• 40Grandmother's Kitchen: one dish, one district, one storyCluster 2: Sell the making, not the object
• 41Brass and bronze casting in the Kandyan tradition, watched from pour to polishCluster 2: Sell the making, not the object
• 42Dumbara mat weaving taught by the families who still do itCluster 2: Sell the making, not the object
• 43Palm-leaf manuscript writing with a stylus, your name on an ola leaf to take homeCluster 2: Sell the making, not the object
• 44Drum-making and a drumming lesson in one afternoonCluster 2: Sell the making, not the object
• 45Toddy tapping at dawn, watched from the ground, with breakfast afterCluster 2: Sell the making, not the object
• 101Ayurvedic treatment centres to international standardCluster 5: Wellness, which we are famous for and barely sell
• 102Forest-bathing days in the hill and rainforest reserves, with a guide who knows the plants and their uses in AyurvedaCluster 5: Wellness, which we are famous for and barely sell
• 103Yoga and Pilates retreatsCluster 5: Wellness, which we are famous for and barely sell
• 104Hot stone therapy using local graniteCluster 5: Wellness, which we are famous for and barely sell
• 105Herbal bath and body product linesCluster 5: Wellness, which we are famous for and barely sell
• 106Traditional hair oil production, branded and exportedCluster 5: Wellness, which we are famous for and barely sell
• 107Aromatherapy product ranges for the spas abroad, from oils distilled hereCluster 5: Wellness, which we are famous for and barely sell
• 108Sound healing and traditional therapy sessionsCluster 5: Wellness, which we are famous for and barely sell
• 109Wellness packages combining treatment, food and accommodationCluster 5: Wellness, which we are famous for and barely sell
• 110A Sri Lankan Ayurveda brand with clinical trials behind three products, not 300Cluster 5: Wellness, which we are famous for and barely sell
• 111Post-surgery and post-cancer recuperation stays, with a doctor on call and the sea outsideCluster 5: Wellness, which we are famous for and barely sell
• 112Executive burnout retreats sold to companies in London and Singapore as a packageCluster 5: Wellness, which we are famous for and barely sell
• 113Ayurvedic cookery schools, since the food is the half of the treatment nobody exportsCluster 5: Wellness, which we are famous for and barely sell
• 114Herbal-garden nurseries selling certified medicinal plants to the treatment centresCluster 5: Wellness, which we are famous for and barely sell
• 115Physiotherapy and rehabilitation clinics at international prices, for Sri Lankans abroad and the visitorCluster 5: Wellness, which we are famous for and barely sell
• 116Dental tourism packages, which already exist quietly and could be sold openlyCluster 5: Wellness, which we are famous for and barely sell
• 117Fertility and maternity retreats, with the standard published and inspectedCluster 5: Wellness, which we are famous for and barely sell
• 118Elder wellness months for the retired parents of Sri Lankans abroad, with medical cover and family visits built inCluster 5: Wellness, which we are famous for and barely sell
• 119A registry of trained Ayurvedic practitioners with published qualifications, so the visitor can checkCluster 5: Wellness, which we are famous for and barely sell
• 120Spa-product manufacturing to European cosmetic regulations, so a Colombo brand can sit in a Zurich pharmacyCluster 5: Wellness, which we are famous for and barely sell
• 121Organic farm-to-table restaurants using genuinely local produceCluster 6: Food and drink as export, not just hospitality
• 122Single-origin chocolate using Sri Lankan spicesCluster 6: Food and drink as export, not just hospitality
• 123Ceylon coffee roasteriesCluster 6: Food and drink as export, not just hospitality
• 124Herbal tea ranges: cinnamon, lemongrass, gingerCluster 6: Food and drink as export, not just hospitality
• 125Coconut-based dessert cafés and product linesCluster 6: Food and drink as export, not just hospitality
• 126King coconut water, bottled and branded for exportCluster 6: Food and drink as export, not just hospitality
• 127Premium chilli sauces, chutneys and preservesCluster 6: Food and drink as export, not just hospitality
• 128Fusion pop-ups and supper clubsCluster 6: Food and drink as export, not just hospitality
• 129Luxury picnic catering at heritage sitesCluster 6: Food and drink as export, not just hospitality
• 130Spice oils and extracts rather than raw spiceCluster 6: Food and drink as export, not just hospitality
• 131Value-added cinnamon: ground, capsuled, oil, branded consumer packsCluster 6: Food and drink as export, not just hospitality
• 132Jaffna crab and cuttlefish curry as a chilled export dish for the Sri Lankan shops abroadCluster 6: Food and drink as export, not just hospitality
• 133Freeze-dried tropical fruit (mangosteen, rambutan, mango and pineapple) as snacks for European and Gulf supermarketsCluster 6: Food and drink as export, not just hospitality
• 134Hoppers and string-hopper mixes that work in a foreign kitchenCluster 6: Food and drink as export, not just hospitality
• 135Kithul treacle and jaggery as a named origin sweetener, the way maple syrup is Canadian, with a range of recipes and ready products that use it in place of white sugar, each tested for its glycaemic index so the label can say what it doesCluster 6: Food and drink as export, not just hospitality
• 136Ceylon arrack as a premium spirit with a distillery tour, the way whisky is sold in ScotlandCluster 6: Food and drink as export, not just hospitality
• 137Craft beer and cider from local fruit for the tourist townsCluster 6: Food and drink as export, not just hospitality
• 138Wood-apple, soursop and passion-fruit juices and sorbets for exportCluster 6: Food and drink as export, not just hospitality
• 139A fine-dining Sri Lankan restaurant in London or New York aiming for a Michelin star, the flagship that makes the whole cuisine premiumCluster 6: Food and drink as export, not just hospitality
• 140Curry-leaf, pandan and gotukola as frozen and dried herbs for European retailCluster 6: Food and drink as export, not just hospitality
• 141A Sri Lankan rice brand: red rice, suwandel and the heritage varieties, in retail packs abroadCluster 6: Food and drink as export, not just hospitality
• 142Ready meals for Sri Lankans abroad, cooked in Sri Lanka, frozen and shipped in bulkCluster 6: Food and drink as export, not just hospitality
• 143A cookbook and video series in English that becomes the standard reference, with the products linkedCluster 6: Food and drink as export, not just hospitality
• 144Vanilla, since it grows here, cured and graded to the Madagascar standardCluster 6: Food and drink as export, not just hospitality
• 145Pepper as a single-estate product with the estate's name on the jarCluster 6: Food and drink as export, not just hospitality
• 146Cocoa from the wet zone processed into bean-to-bar chocolate on the islandCluster 6: Food and drink as export, not just hospitality
• 147Jackfruit as a meat substitute for the vegan markets of Europe, canned and frozenCluster 6: Food and drink as export, not just hospitality
• 148Sea salt from the Puttalam and Hambantota pans, flaked and brandedCluster 6: Food and drink as export, not just hospitality
• 149Buffalo curd and treacle sold as a chilled dessert in the Gulf supermarketsCluster 6: Food and drink as export, not just hospitality
• 150A Sri Lankan food hall in one European city, run as a showcase and a wholesaler at onceCluster 6: Food and drink as export, not just hospitality
• 176Coconut yoghurt and dairy-free spreads for the vegan shelves of Europe, made from fresh milk pressed hereCluster 8: The coconut, which deserves its own list
• 177Coconut water jelly and other set desserts, a product nobody yet associates with Sri LankaCluster 8: The coconut, which deserves its own list
• 178King coconut as a named origin product, the way Alphonso is a named mangoCluster 8: The coconut, which deserves its own list
• 179Virgin coconut oil, cold-pressed, certified, in consumer packsCluster 8: The coconut, which deserves its own list
• 180Coconut milk and cream in retail formats rather than industrial drumsCluster 8: The coconut, which deserves its own list
• 181Coconut flour and desiccated coconut for the gluten-free and baking marketsCluster 8: The coconut, which deserves its own list
• 182Coconut sugar, treacle and jaggery from the flower sapCluster 8: The coconut, which deserves its own list
• 183Coconut vinegar as a named origin product, aged and bottled for delicatessensCluster 8: The coconut, which deserves its own list
• 184Activated charcoal from the shell, which is a high-value industrial inputCluster 8: The coconut, which deserves its own list
• 185Drinking straws and plates from fallen coconut leaves, for the cafés and caterers that have given up plasticCluster 8: The coconut, which deserves its own list
• 186Coir from the husk: matting, rope, mats that hold soil on slopes, and potting material for plant nurseriesCluster 8: The coconut, which deserves its own list
• 187Coconut-based cosmetics and hair products, which is where the margin isCluster 8: The coconut, which deserves its own list
• 188Toasted coconut chips, salted or spiced, as a packed snack for supermarkets abroadCluster 8: The coconut, which deserves its own list
• 189Coir pots and seedling trays for the European garden-centre trade, replacing plasticCluster 8: The coconut, which deserves its own list
• 190Coconut-timber furniture and flooring from the palms that have stopped bearingCluster 8: The coconut, which deserves its own list
• 191Sil programmes for foreign visitors at temples with English-speaking monks, offered on Poya days, with the observance explained rather than performed for an audienceCluster 9: The offering nobody else can make
• 192Residential meditation retreats of a week or more, which is the single most direct answer to a country whose average stay keeps shorteningCluster 9: The offering nobody else can make
• 193Structured courses in Buddhist philosophy and Pali for serious students, the way people travel to Kyoto or DharamshalaCluster 9: The offering nobody else can make
• 194Monastery stays under proper protocol, with the rules made clear in advanceCluster 9: The offering nobody else can make
• 195Teacher training and certification for meditation instructors, so the standard is Sri Lankan rather than borrowedCluster 9: The offering nobody else can make
• 196Pilgrimage routes properly interpreted: Anuradhapura, Mihintale, the Sri Maha Bodhi, Kandy, Dambulla, with guides who know the history and not only the routeCluster 9: The offering nobody else can make
• 197Ayurveda and meditation combined into a single wellness week, which is what many visitors from abroad are looking forCluster 9: The offering nobody else can make
• 198Translation and booking services offered to temples, so that a monk never has to handle the arrangementsCluster 9: The offering nobody else can make
• 199The same offer, with the same respect, for the Hindu temples, the mosques and the churchesCluster 9: The offering nobody else can make
• 200Vesak in Colombo shared with the world, with the lanterns, the dansal and the meaning explainedCluster 9: The offering nobody else can make
• 201Single-estate teas sold direct to consumers abroad by subscription, with the estate's storyCluster 10: Tea, beyond the auction
• 202A tea sommelier course in Nuwara Eliya, certified, for the hotel trade of the worldCluster 10: Tea, beyond the auction
• 203Tea tasting rooms in Kandy, Ella and Colombo run like wine barsCluster 10: Tea, beyond the auction
• 204Cold-brew and sparkling Ceylon tea in cans for the Gulf and AsiaCluster 10: Tea, beyond the auction
• 205Matcha-style ground green tea from the upcountry, for cafésCluster 10: Tea, beyond the auction
• 206Tea cosmetics: creams and serums with a named estate's extractCluster 10: Tea, beyond the auction
• 207A night at a working tea factory, from the evening leaf weighing to the morning's first sorting, with the factory staff as the guidesCluster 10: Tea, beyond the auction
• 208Tea-flavoured chocolates, ice creams and liqueurs made here rather than in EuropeCluster 10: Tea, beyond the auction
• 209The estate-workers' co-operative brand, where the pickers own the pack, sold to buyers who care who picked itCluster 10: Tea, beyond the auction
• 210Smallholder tea from the low country as a named origin, the way coffee has named regionsCluster 10: Tea, beyond the auction
• 211Blending workshops for Sri Lankans abroad in their own kitchens: a kit, a video, three estates in a boxCluster 10: Tea, beyond the auction
• 212Tea-bag manufacturing with fully compostable bags, since most of the world's are still sealed with plasticCluster 10: Tea, beyond the auction
• 213A Ceylon tea museum with a shop that sells every estate, not one company'sCluster 10: Tea, beyond the auction
• 214Iced-tea concentrate for restaurants, made here, branded hereCluster 10: Tea, beyond the auction
• 215Tea-estate trail running and cycling events, with the estates as the courseCluster 10: Tea, beyond the auction
• 216Kombucha from Ceylon black tea, which the health shops of Europe already sell at 10 times the tea's priceCluster 10: Tea, beyond the auction
• 217Tea leaf fertiliser and compost sold to the upcountry vegetable growersCluster 10: Tea, beyond the auction
• 218Tea-house franchising abroad: one format, Sri Lankan-owned, in the cities where Sri Lankans abroad liveCluster 10: Tea, beyond the auction
• 219Rare and aged Ceylon teas, sold at auction to collectors the way Pu-erh isCluster 10: Tea, beyond the auction
• 220A tea-quality laboratory certifying estate origin, so that "Ceylon" on a packet in Hamburg can be checkedCluster 10: Tea, beyond the auction
• 221Cinnamon quills in retail packs with the grade printed, since almost no consumer knows the grades existCluster 11: Cinnamon and the spice garden
• 222Cinnamon sticks as a branded gift, tied and boxed, sold in every airport shop in the world that will stock themCluster 11: Cinnamon and the spice garden
• 223Cinnamon-leaf and bark oils bottled for the aromatherapy trade under a Sri Lankan nameCluster 11: Cinnamon and the spice garden
• 224Cinnamon-infused honey, sugar and salt as a rangeCluster 11: Cinnamon and the spice garden
• 225A "true cinnamon" education campaign run by producers, aimed at bakers and chefs abroadCluster 11: Cinnamon and the spice garden
• 226Cinnamon farm stays in the south-west, a week on a working smallholding through the harvest and the dryingCluster 11: Cinnamon and the spice garden
• 227Peeler training schools, since the skill is disappearing and it is the whole valueCluster 11: Cinnamon and the spice garden
• 228Cardamom, cloves and nutmeg from the Kandy hills as single-origin retail productsCluster 11: Cinnamon and the spice garden
• 229A spice-trail tourism route from Galle to Matale with tastings, mapped and marketed as one productCluster 11: Cinnamon and the spice garden
• 230Curry-powder blends roasted and ground here, with the district recipe named on the tinCluster 11: Cinnamon and the spice garden
• 231Spice subscriptions for home cooks abroad: a different district each monthCluster 11: Cinnamon and the spice garden
• 232Turmeric from Sri Lanka tested and labelled for curcumin content, which is what the health market pays forCluster 11: Cinnamon and the spice garden
• 233Pepper vines on every coconut estate as a second crop, with a buyer contracted in advanceCluster 11: Cinnamon and the spice garden
• 234A cinnamon exchange: published daily prices by grade, so the smallholder knows what his bale is worthCluster 11: Cinnamon and the spice garden
• 235Cinnamon by-products, the chips and the featherings, into oil and powder instead of wasteCluster 11: Cinnamon and the spice garden
• 251Sailing charters and a yacht marina at Galle or Trincomalee, with the crew trained hereCluster 13: The sea
• 252Diving schools at the wrecks of Trincomalee and the reefs of the east, certified to international standardCluster 13: The sea
• 253Sport fishing charters with catch-and-release, sold to the Gulf and EuropeCluster 13: The sea
• 254Sea-cucumber and seaweed farming in the northern lagoons, for the buyers in Hong Kong and SingaporeCluster 13: The sea
• 255Tuna graded, loined and vacuum-packed at the harbour for the sashimi market, not sold wholeCluster 13: The sea
• 256Crab and prawn from the lagoons as a branded chilled export, with the lagoon's nameCluster 13: The sea
• 257Dried fish and Maldive fish for Sri Lankans abroad, packed to a food-safety standardCluster 13: The sea
• 258Boats for export: the boatyards already on the coast building fishing boats and launches for the countries around the Indian Ocean, not only for the home fleetCluster 13: The sea
• 259Coastal clean-up businesses paid by the hotels, with the plastic sold on for recyclingCluster 13: The sea
• 260Ornamental-fish breeding for the world's aquarium trade, raised in tanks rather than taken from the reefCluster 13: The sea
• 261Beach-hut cafés run to a standard, licensed, with the sanitation that the beaches lackCluster 13: The sea
• 262Surfboard shaping and repair workshops on the east and south coastsCluster 13: The sea
• 263Snorkelling reef guides trained in marine biology, at Pigeon Island and HikkaduwaCluster 13: The sea
• 264Fish-market tours at Negombo at dawn with breakfast after, the way Tokyo sold TsukijiCluster 13: The sea
• 265Stays in old lighthouse keepers' cottages, leased from the Ports Authority where it no longer needs themCluster 13: The sea
• 266Mangrove nurseries selling seedlings to the hotels and the state for coastal protectionCluster 13: The sea
• 267Ice plants at every fishing harbour run as a service, so the catch does not spoil before the saleCluster 13: The sea
• 268Fish-leather and fish-skin products from the waste of the processing plantsCluster 13: The sea
• 269The wind, the salt pans and the flamingos as one coastal business: kitesurfing schools and camps in the windy months, walks through the salt pans where the flamingos feed in winter, and stays sold for both seasons, wherever the coast has the wind and the wetlandsCluster 13: The sea
• 270Ferry and sea-plane services between the coastal towns, the way islands elsewhere connect their coastCluster 13: The sea
• 271A farmers' co-operative dairy in the hill country selling cheese and yoghurt under its own brandCluster 14: Farm to shelf
• 272Buffalo-milk mozzarella and ghee for the hotels and for exportCluster 14: Farm to shelf
• 273Vegetable drying: okra, jackfruit and gotukola as soup mixes and curry bases for Europe and the GulfCluster 14: Farm to shelf
• 274Frozen tropical fruit pulp for the smoothie chains of the worldCluster 14: Farm to shelf
• 275Heritage rice varieties grown under contract and sold at 10 times the commodity priceCluster 14: Farm to shelf
• 276Organic certification services for smallholder groups, shared so the cost is bearableCluster 14: Farm to shelf
• 277Mushroom farms supplying the hotels, since most are still importedCluster 14: Farm to shelf
• 278Cut flowers and foliage for the Gulf and Europe, from the cool hills, the way Kenya does itCluster 14: Farm to shelf
• 279Orchid nurseries for export, which Singapore built from nothingCluster 14: Farm to shelf
• 280Seed banks and seed businesses for the heritage vegetables and grainsCluster 14: Farm to shelf
• 281Honey from the dry zone, single-origin, tested and brandedCluster 14: Farm to shelf
• 282Egg and poultry co-operatives with a cold chain, so the price does not collapse in the seasonCluster 14: Farm to shelf
• 283Goat and sheep dairy in the north, where the animals already areCluster 14: Farm to shelf
• 284Vegetable box schemes for Colombo households, direct from a named farmCluster 14: Farm to shelf
• 285Drip-irrigation installation and maintenance businesses for the dry zoneCluster 14: Farm to shelf
• 286Cashew-processing units in Puttalam owned by the growers, not by the tradersCluster 14: Farm to shelf
• 287Kithul tapping co-operatives with a shared processing plant and a brandCluster 14: Farm to shelf
• 288Tamarind, lime and ginger pastes for the restaurant trade abroadCluster 14: Farm to shelf
• 289Agricultural drone services: spraying, mapping and counting, sold per acreCluster 14: Farm to shelf
• 290Growing what the country still imports: rice, big onions and dried chillies, on contract to the mills and the wholesalers, with drying sheds and stores so the farmer is not forced to sell at harvestCluster 14: Farm to shelf
• 291A wholesale market app that shows the day's prices, so the farmer stops selling blindCluster 14: Farm to shelf
• 292Palmyrah products from the north: toddy, jaggery, fibre, fruit, the whole tree the way the coconut is a whole nutCluster 14: Farm to shelf
• 293Farm-machinery hire pools, so that a 2-acre farmer can afford a harvester for a dayCluster 14: Farm to shelf
• 294Wood-apple, passion fruit, jackfruit and jamun as jellies, jams and fruit leathers in jars, the way Britain sells marmaladeCluster 14: Farm to shelf
• 295Home gardens turned into a supply chain for one hotel, with a contract and a priceCluster 14: Farm to shelf
• 296Remote-work hubs in Kandy, Galle and Jaffna with fibre, power and a lawyer who knows the taxCluster 15: Software, services and the remote desk
• 297A Sri Lankan software product, not a services firm: one tool, sold by subscription to the worldCluster 15: Software, services and the remote desk
• 298Bookkeeping for small British and Australian firms, in their time zones: the software keeps the books, and a qualified accountant here checks them and answers the client's questionsCluster 15: Software, services and the remote desk
• 299Lawyers here checking the contracts and filings that AI drafts for foreign law firms, since commercial law here follows English law, the higher courts work in English and the lawyers are hereCluster 15: Software, services and the remote desk
• 300AI set up and looked after for small businesses at home and abroad: the booking replies, the invoices, the product descriptions in five languages, for a monthly feeCluster 15: Software, services and the remote desk
• 301Architecture and engineering design for firms in the Gulf and Europe: the drawings made with the new tools, and an engineer here who checks that it will stand upCluster 15: Software, services and the remote desk
• 302Video editing, animation and game art studios selling to studios abroadCluster 15: Software, services and the remote desk
• 303Customer care in English, Tamil and Sinhala for the businesses of Sri Lankans abroad, with AI answering the easy questions and a person here the hard onesCluster 15: Software, services and the remote desk
• 304Data labelling and AI-training services, which is the new garment work and pays betterCluster 15: Software, services and the remote desk
• 305A coding school with an employer guarantee, paid for by the employer at the endCluster 15: Software, services and the remote desk
• 306Open-source projects turned into product companies, the WSO2 route, for the next 100 engineersCluster 15: Software, services and the remote desk
• 307Cybersecurity monitoring as a service for the small firms of the regionCluster 15: Software, services and the remote desk
• 308Sinhala and Tamil language technology: keyboards, speech, translation, sold to the platforms that need itCluster 15: Software, services and the remote desk
• 309Payment and invoicing tools built for Sri Lankan exporters, in rupees and dollarsCluster 15: Software, services and the remote desk
• 310Freelancer co-operatives that bid as one firm, so the individual gets the enterprise contractCluster 15: Software, services and the remote desk
• 311A verified-skills registry for Sri Lankan developers, with tests and employer reviews, that a client abroad can trustCluster 15: Software, services and the remote desk
• 312Video-doctor services connecting Sri Lankan doctors to the parents of Sri Lankans abroadCluster 15: Software, services and the remote desk
• 313E-learning content in Sinhala and Tamil for the O-Level and A-Level, sold by subscriptionCluster 15: Software, services and the remote desk
• 314Drone-mapping and survey services for construction sites and land salesCluster 15: Software, services and the remote desk
• 315Software maintenance for the legacy systems that every bank in the region still runsCluster 15: Software, services and the remote desk
• 316App development for the tourism businesses in this list, on a revenue shareCluster 15: Software, services and the remote desk
• 317A jobs board for returning Sri Lankans, with salaries publishedCluster 15: Software, services and the remote desk
• 318Podcast and audiobook production in three languages, for Sri Lankans abroad and at homeCluster 15: Software, services and the remote desk
• 319Digital archives for family papers and photographs, a service Sri Lankans abroad will pay forCluster 15: Software, services and the remote desk
• 320Startups founded by Sri Lankans and incorporated abroad, with the engineering done here, deliberatelyCluster 15: Software, services and the remote desk
• 486The Karuthakolomban mango, the finest the island grows, graded, packed and sold under its own name, from Jaffna and every district that grows it, to Colombo and the worldCluster 27: The fruit nobody grades
• 487A fruit-grading standard and the graders trained to it, so that Grade A from any district means the same thing to a buyer in DubaiCluster 27: The fruit nobody grades
• 488Mangosteen and rambutan flown fresh in season to the Gulf and Singapore in graded boxes, not left to the roadsideCluster 27: The fruit nobody grades
• 489The island's bananas sold by name, kolikuttu, seeni and ambul, in Colombo and in the Sri Lankan shops abroad, not as "banana"Cluster 27: The fruit nobody grades
• 490Avocado orchards in the hills for the breakfast tables of the Gulf, which now fly the fruit in from much further awayCluster 27: The fruit nobody grades
• 491Fruit-tree nurseries selling grafted saplings of the named varieties, with a guarantee that the tree is what the label saysCluster 27: The fruit nobody grades
• 492Pick-your-own orchards and fruit trails for visitors in the season, the way apple farms do it in EnglandCluster 27: The fruit nobody grades
• 493Fruit wines and vinegars from what rots in the glut, bottled under the district's nameCluster 27: The fruit nobody grades
• 494Jackfruit-seed and breadfruit flour, gluten-free, for the bakeries of EuropeCluster 27: The fruit nobody grades
• 495A fruit festival in each district in its season, the way Spain sells its oranges and Japan its cherries: the mango days in Jaffna, the rambutan month in Malwana, the durian weeks on the Kandy roadCluster 27: The fruit nobody grades